Chapter 10: Q1P (page 438)
Show that the differential equations for V and A (Eqs. 10.4 and 10.5) can be written in the more symmetrical form
Where
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The differential equations for V and Ain the symmetrical form are derived as
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Chapter 10: Q1P (page 438)
Show that the differential equations for V and A (Eqs. 10.4 and 10.5) can be written in the more symmetrical form
Where
The differential equations for V and Ain the symmetrical form are derived as
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Find the (Lorenz gauge) potentials and fields of a time-dependent ideal electric dipole at the origin. (It is stationary, but its magnitude and/or direction are changing with time.) Don't bother with the contact term. [Answer:
Where all the derivatives of are evaluated at the retarded time.]
In Chapter 5, I showed that it is always possible to pick a vector potential whose divergence is zero (the Coulomb gauge). Show that it is always possible to choose, as required for the Lorenz gauge, assuming you know how to solve the inhomogeneous wave equation (Eq. 10.16). Is it always possible to pick ? How about ?
For a point charge moving at constant velocity, calculate the flux integral (using Eq. 10.75), over the surface of a sphere centered at the present location of the charge.
Figure 2.35 summarizes the laws of electrostatics in a "triangle diagram" relating the source , the field , and the potential . Figure 5.48 does the same for magnetostatics, where the source is , the field is , and the potential is . Construct the analogous diagram for electrodynamics, with sources and (constrained by the continuity equation), fields and , and potentialsand (constrained by the Lorenz gauge condition). Do not include formulas for and in terms of androle="math" localid="1657970465123" .
Show that the scalar potential of a point charge moving with constant velocity (Eq. 10.49) can be written more simply as
(10.51)
whereis the vector from the present (!) position of the particle to the field point r, andis the angle between R and v (Fig. 10.9). Note that for nonrelativistic velocities ,
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